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nrensptte,sot went to texas and the type to the head of region for a told us basically, yes, we fundamentally rely on what the utilities a telling us when it comes t sonen ee. political pushback and we are seeing studies move forward. but i feel culturally it's troubling that i find it oublg that there's potential that at this very moment that b wve the studies hadof it not been in fukushima? >> a couple of them t ergy oio n agency has pointed out issues. they don't get a lot of a lot of traction without legislature unfortunately. i haven't bee a calamity. there was a calamity except for legislator baead tod mosts, et cetera, et cetera drive this issue that crazy in the california legislature and against her other energy agencies. i don't know if there would have been study. pugi.ornia wld he i am not anti-nuclear. i am for what is good for my native state. i'm a fourth-generation californiaand a 50 year purchase retired public svant. and in effciaitior tcgylmydult life that we as humans and do i feel comfortabl andopefully my and enci aretoilinue o pride ar an ow ve do. >> we're discussing n
nrensptte,sot went to texas and the type to the head of region for a told us basically, yes, we fundamentally rely on what the utilities a telling us when it comes t sonen ee. political pushback and we are seeing studies move forward. but i feel culturally it's troubling that i find it oublg that there's potential that at this very moment that b wve the studies hadof it not been in fukushima? >> a couple of them t ergy oio n agency has pointed out issues. they don't get a lot of a lot of...
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>> the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> thank you mr. germain. i respectfully rise in opposition to my colleagues. i apologize but this program is -- that he is proposing has certain aspects that make it look like gannett year marked, and these companies already get an indirect subsidy they present through the existing field service that has built on federal crop insurance and the vouchers that they would get under this direct payment which we have done away with has fallen under a pretty dark cloud given the general dislike for the payments, so i believe the product which is based on the mathematics the one that i am told is a directly qualified with this is much more like gambling than it is insurance. i will argue against expanding the crop insurance to include this product. >> i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. >> the chair moves to strike the last word and recognizes himself for two minutes and with the gentleman yield to an inquiry about the ultimate intention on this amendment today? it's my understanding that you are willing to w
>> the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> thank you mr. germain. i respectfully rise in opposition to my colleagues. i apologize but this program is -- that he is proposing has certain aspects that make it look like gannett year marked, and these companies already get an indirect subsidy they present through the existing field service that has built on federal crop insurance and the vouchers that they would get under this direct payment which we have done away with has fallen...
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jackson lee, in texas we don't have an income tax. we are proud of it and if any public official advocates an income tax, they are a former public official. republican, democrat or independent. so, our main source of revenues property taxes and the sales tax business collect sales tax we have a pretty good system i believe that has been worked on for a great number of years as to the exception and who pays and how it is collected. i think states ought to have the right to collect a sales tax and the federal government shouldn't prevent them from having a sales tax. the states' rights issues as you mentioned governor. we have heard the stories about best buy so this weekend i went to a vast body in houston texas and talked to the folks that learned their, first of all unfortunately 50 best buy stores have gone out of business this year. one of the reasons they said they are competing with someone that is not in texas and they pointed out the fact that customers come in and get free advice about all these electronic gizmos i know nothin
jackson lee, in texas we don't have an income tax. we are proud of it and if any public official advocates an income tax, they are a former public official. republican, democrat or independent. so, our main source of revenues property taxes and the sales tax business collect sales tax we have a pretty good system i believe that has been worked on for a great number of years as to the exception and who pays and how it is collected. i think states ought to have the right to collect a sales tax...
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jackson lee, in texas we don't have an income tax. we are proud of it and if any public official advocates an income tax, they are a former public official. republican, democrat or independent. so, our main source of revenues property taxes and the sales tax business collect sales tax we have a pretty good system i believe that has been worked on for a great number of years as to the exception and who pays and how it is collected. i think states ought to have the right to collect a sales tax and the federal government shouldn't prevent them from having a sales tax. the states' rights issues as you mentioned governor. we have heard the stories about best buy so this weekend i went to a vast body in houston texas and talked to the folks that learned their, first of all unfortunately 50 best buy stores have gone out of business this year. one of the reasons they said they are competing with someone that is not in texas and they pointed out the fact that customers come in and get free advice about all these electronic gizmos i know nothin
jackson lee, in texas we don't have an income tax. we are proud of it and if any public official advocates an income tax, they are a former public official. republican, democrat or independent. so, our main source of revenues property taxes and the sales tax business collect sales tax we have a pretty good system i believe that has been worked on for a great number of years as to the exception and who pays and how it is collected. i think states ought to have the right to collect a sales tax...
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texas has done a pretty good job of setting this up. why do you have -- develop a new federal program when there are already in a resistance state programs that are working well for people. the biggest problem that texas has with its risk rule is that the amount of dollars at the state is able to put into that is limited. well, a few took federal dollars and supplanted or not supplanted, but augmented the state dollars, yeah, maybe you ask with a private sector, insurance companies, who wants to sell insurance in texas to participate in a pool, but that is a much more powerful way to produce that arrangement and likely to provide much more in the way of help for someone like you and your eyes and then, unfortunately, this large federal program that has been set up but is actually helping only a few people. what was the cost of the federal program? $5 billion. provided a lot of help to states. >> north carolina, crystal is on the independent line for congressman michael burgess. go ahead. >> yes. congressman, i would just like to know wh
texas has done a pretty good job of setting this up. why do you have -- develop a new federal program when there are already in a resistance state programs that are working well for people. the biggest problem that texas has with its risk rule is that the amount of dollars at the state is able to put into that is limited. well, a few took federal dollars and supplanted or not supplanted, but augmented the state dollars, yeah, maybe you ask with a private sector, insurance companies, who wants...
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d ta rrt rss weeer foatatsi 1 ll ra houston texas in 1970. and that was the birth of women's professional tennis, the way you know it today. now do ecripo sa endht? n lhnd te hase hor aery good but they didn't live it just like i am not living with the pressures that they deal with. they are very dferent. look at the ney management they neeto d gh uli th le i tly loobeust crs oit i'm not very high maintenance so i would be giving it away, most of it but it's fun toake money and create oppornities for pele. know tre ifft ess us a be prsy n ded ild ohoke today -- it would be a fantastic feeling. everyone is dierent but i must tell you, heomen's tennis sociion,e hvehese ntgas thme soarryne te geti my eonntenus ntiihr evert and martina to mentor them and to help them ande asked them - dtton t getistdon abththhior kaa s erdad istharct for the usda but she went to northwestern. she went into the aa'sithy sithiisalfu. buu i jsag egeon gv a we do stand on the shoulders of the generations before us which we just do. i'm thkfulotuy un thimate gto me we
d ta rrt rss weeer foatatsi 1 ll ra houston texas in 1970. and that was the birth of women's professional tennis, the way you know it today. now do ecripo sa endht? n lhnd te hase hor aery good but they didn't live it just like i am not living with the pressures that they deal with. they are very dferent. look at the ney management they neeto d gh uli th le i tly loobeust crs oit i'm not very high maintenance so i would be giving it away, most of it but it's fun toake money and create...
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they go to texas and colorado or florida or someplace like that. we are not seeing the benefit of it. this has popped up at town meetings i have had for a long time and i just wonder how much that seeps through legislative thinking. i don't know. i just know i've heard that. >> i think one reason for the increase in scholarships like the hope scholarship or broad-based merit scholarship which gives every student and a or a thee and $4000 to go to a tennessee institution is the hope of having gone to the university of tennessee they will stay in tennessee and which i think is a valid gold starting with georgia and that makes a difference but that is interesting observation. >> thank you very much. senator merkley. >> thank you mr. chair. >> i'm sorry, senator franken was next. i apologize. i got out of line. >> i withdraw, thank you. [laughter] >> i didn't look at my list here. >> i will take his and i will raise it one. dr. leath you have testified about some of the information that iowa state university includes on its financial aid award letters
they go to texas and colorado or florida or someplace like that. we are not seeing the benefit of it. this has popped up at town meetings i have had for a long time and i just wonder how much that seeps through legislative thinking. i don't know. i just know i've heard that. >> i think one reason for the increase in scholarships like the hope scholarship or broad-based merit scholarship which gives every student and a or a thee and $4000 to go to a tennessee institution is the hope of...
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. >> host: arlington, texas. the independent line. >> caller: as someone who grew up in the church i am often found this whole movement of trying to inject jesus christ and religion into politics i have often found it disgusting because first of all when it comes to god's word both parties fall short so i think we should kill this whole notion that somehow if you vote republican you vote with god and all this kind of stuff because basically what you have done is created your own faults religion number one. just vote for who you want to vote for but quit--unless jesus christ himself is running you can't vote your faith. let's be honest about that. number 2, i think the tea party -- when i talked to a lot of my older relatives, it is a white separatist movement. the same old white citizens council and states rights and things from the past from the 60s that they see in this. i just think -- can then as far as supporting mitt romney why would you support -- jesus said if anybody comes with another reformation you re
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her great, great grandfather was a signer of the texas declaration of independence. she graduated herself from the university of texas lawn for, but then went to work as a reporter because no houston law firm was going to hire a woman lawyer. she started a small business, became the first republican woman in the texas legislature. she was elected state treasurer in 1990 and 1993 won a special election to take over the seat that was open up to lloyd bentsen secretary for president clinton. she's been reelected three times and is now the senior republican woman in the senate. she is retiring as you know from the senate winner turns up at the end of the year and i suspect the houston law firms would be very glad to have you on staff. your first office -- her first official office in washington was that the national transportation safety board. president ford appointed as the vice-chairman. in 1976. i wonder if you could describe what things are like for women a pointy and compare with how things have changed or how things have not changed so much in russian and for wome
her great, great grandfather was a signer of the texas declaration of independence. she graduated herself from the university of texas lawn for, but then went to work as a reporter because no houston law firm was going to hire a woman lawyer. she started a small business, became the first republican woman in the texas legislature. she was elected state treasurer in 1990 and 1993 won a special election to take over the seat that was open up to lloyd bentsen secretary for president clinton. she's...
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. >> the chair of the full committee the gentleman from texas, mr. smith. >> thank you mr. chairman and i associate myself with your opening statement. mr. chrman gh si ima pa re o uriosety pu americans and our allies at risk. natial security experts from both republican and democratic administrations have expressed outrage over the leaks andhe fec thaooingd rentge erns what sets fees' apart from other leaks that we've seen is that the media reports that many of them have comfrom highly placed administration officials ithis is true thians adstonfiae enth naety d ri american lives. national security operational details exist to meet the covert means of the intelligence community that protect the american people. teiekssattorel atd inotions, put at risk the lives of sources and makes it much more difficult to recruit sources and damages our relationships with our partrs. conquently, the leak like this seslmindwi veath a director mueller went on to say, quote, i don't want to use the word devastating but this will have a huge impact on our ability to do our usiness. your abili
. >> the chair of the full committee the gentleman from texas, mr. smith. >> thank you mr. chairman and i associate myself with your opening statement. mr. chrman gh si ima pa re o uriosety pu americans and our allies at risk. natial security experts from both republican and democratic administrations have expressed outrage over the leaks andhe fec thaooingd rentge erns what sets fees' apart from other leaks that we've seen is that the media reports that many of them have comfrom...
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ferraro the senator from texas. mrs. hutchison: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to enter into the record the letter from which i read in my statement, to follow my statement. the presiding officer: if there is no objection, so ordered. mrs. hutchison: thank you, mr. president. and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. merkley: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon is recognized. mr. merkley: thank you very much, mr. president. i ask -- are we under a quorum call? the presiding officer: the senator is correct. mr. merkley: i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. merkley: thank you. i come to the floor to address several issues. first, i want to talk a little bit about the disclose act. earlier this week we had two votes on whether to end debate on whether to debate the disclose act. the disclose act is a very simple concept, and it's that folks who make very large donations to the po
ferraro the senator from texas. mrs. hutchison: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to enter into the record the letter from which i read in my statement, to follow my statement. the presiding officer: if there is no objection, so ordered. mrs. hutchison: thank you, mr. president. and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. merkley: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon is recognized. mr. merkley: thank...
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you explain how there are three main bridge over oldham eastern connected and texas interconnected. what was the big revision of originally as a started to get set up and transmission lines were put in was there any thought given to the future and what it would look like today? >> there was a lot of thought not given to the future we have now. the future we have now in most states. >> guest: was going to generate the electricity it used to be that your favorite model with a kildee would be soup to nuts they would buy the coal and burn the coal. now we've got one party generating in different parts and transmitting to different parties. nobody build it with that in mind and we are having trouble adapting it to that purpose. >> let's take a look at more details about the power grid system that serves all over 48 states, accepting hawaii and alaska. >> it's not actually are grid. >> guest: that is an important distinction. >> guest: there is a connection from halifax to new orleans. there's a western tech connection that is west of the rockies, and texas for political and economic reas
you explain how there are three main bridge over oldham eastern connected and texas interconnected. what was the big revision of originally as a started to get set up and transmission lines were put in was there any thought given to the future and what it would look like today? >> there was a lot of thought not given to the future we have now. the future we have now in most states. >> guest: was going to generate the electricity it used to be that your favorite model with a kildee...
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he broke into the computer control system, the cyber system controlling a small water utility in texas. he had the ability to disrupt the functioning of that entire utility. he didn't do it, thank god. he posted online what he had done. a warning at least, perhaps a bit of bragging that he was able to do it, but think about an enemy that had hostile intent against the united states who had launched similar attacks against several small utilities around the country or large utilities, for that matter. mr. president, last week, the people who are the real experts on cyberspace gathered in las vegas at the annual -- this is an interesting title -- black hat computer security conference, and they issued yet more warnings. the conference opened with a very strong warning from the -- from sean henry, who until, well, recently was the assistant director of the f.b.i. in charge of the f.b.i.'s considerable cyber programs. some people called sean henry the nation's top cyber cop. he said at the conference, the black cat conference, the adversary knows that if you want to harm civilized society,
he broke into the computer control system, the cyber system controlling a small water utility in texas. he had the ability to disrupt the functioning of that entire utility. he didn't do it, thank god. he posted online what he had done. a warning at least, perhaps a bit of bragging that he was able to do it, but think about an enemy that had hostile intent against the united states who had launched similar attacks against several small utilities around the country or large utilities, for that...
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. >> guest: you were talking earlier about the texas senate race, the primary on tuesday. and they have sort of an old-fashioned establishment conservative and lieutenant governor dewhurst and ted cruz as part of this up-and-coming new dynamic wing of the conservative, the conservative wing of the republican party. back in late may, they had their first round of primary balloting. they had about 1.5 million people who voted in that race and dewhurst came out on top. he didn't have 50% so under texas law they had this runoff system and now they are expecting about 350,000 people. those three ended and 50,000 people are part of what you just referred to as stand on principle and that is why a lot of people think he is the favorite right now. and what you get is sort of this primary -- primaries become more decided by just a narrow swath of the 350,000 in texas who are going to vote tuesday is that they can get a more hardened, more principled group of people on the right and on the left, and it makes that sort of raging to divide a heck of a lot more difficult than it would
. >> guest: you were talking earlier about the texas senate race, the primary on tuesday. and they have sort of an old-fashioned establishment conservative and lieutenant governor dewhurst and ted cruz as part of this up-and-coming new dynamic wing of the conservative, the conservative wing of the republican party. back in late may, they had their first round of primary balloting. they had about 1.5 million people who voted in that race and dewhurst came out on top. he didn't have 50% so...
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. >> well, that goes to -- you were talking earlier about the texas senate race on the primary is on tuesday three there you have a sort of old-fashioned establishment conservative and a lieutenant governor dewhurst and ted cruce is part of this up-and-coming new dynamic winning of the conservative wing and the republican party. back in late may they had their first round of primary balloting and about one print 5 million people voted in that race and he came out on top. he wouldn't have 50% so under the texas law we have a run off system, and now we are expecting about 350,000 people. those 350,000 people are a part of what you just referred to as stand on principle. and that's why a lot of people think that cruce is the favorite right now. and what you get as sort of a primary to become more decided by just the narrow swath of the 350,000 texans who are going to vote tuesday i think you get a more hardened principal ticker but people on the right and the left and it makes the sort of bridging the divide a heck of a lot more difficult than it would be if you had more participation f
. >> well, that goes to -- you were talking earlier about the texas senate race on the primary is on tuesday three there you have a sort of old-fashioned establishment conservative and a lieutenant governor dewhurst and ted cruce is part of this up-and-coming new dynamic winning of the conservative wing and the republican party. back in late may they had their first round of primary balloting and about one print 5 million people voted in that race and he came out on top. he wouldn't have...
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and these are the pipelines that mississippi and alabama and texas, 9,000 miles of pipelines and drilling, that we do off of our shore and onshore to provide gas and lights to florida. and there is a chart that's very interesting. you know, before america can be energy independent or energy secure, each state should be energy secure or each region. the count country is not made uf smoke and mirrors. this country is made up of 50 states. and if every state and every region would do its part, either producing or conserving or a little of both, we actually will get there. but i get a little bit tired of lectures criticizing, particularly from senators whose states neither conserve or produce. now, california gets a little bit of a break from me even though they consume more energy than any state -- they are a net consumer of energy. we are down here, a net producer. the states that produce more energy than we consume are wyoming, west virginia, louisiana, new mexico, alaska and kentucky. and i bet you north dakota would be on here now. this was some years ago. i am positive that north dakota
and these are the pipelines that mississippi and alabama and texas, 9,000 miles of pipelines and drilling, that we do off of our shore and onshore to provide gas and lights to florida. and there is a chart that's very interesting. you know, before america can be energy independent or energy secure, each state should be energy secure or each region. the count country is not made uf smoke and mirrors. this country is made up of 50 states. and if every state and every region would do its part,...
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spent time with a couple people back in dallas, texas in the break, and granted, perhaps they are not as impacted, necessarily, by the bill. they are in the health care industry, but they are dentists. they are talking about chairs that they will have in their dental practice. they talk about rubber bands they'll put in chirp's -- children's mouth. they are taxed with a medical device tax. the cost of now not just medicine, but dental care rise substantially. i go back to the point even as a cost of twice as much, would this be a good deal? heck no. because if we did not take care of repealing it, we would have to double the tax. we would take a trillion dollars, not $500 billion, a trillion dollars out of senior care, not the republican side, but people who are 80, 90 years old who are on it today. we would double the cost on states. they are already staggeringly high. we would double the tax on small business. we would double down virtually everything about this bill, and instead of losing 800 million more jobs which is considered the government estimate, private sector is over a mi
spent time with a couple people back in dallas, texas in the break, and granted, perhaps they are not as impacted, necessarily, by the bill. they are in the health care industry, but they are dentists. they are talking about chairs that they will have in their dental practice. they talk about rubber bands they'll put in chirp's -- children's mouth. they are taxed with a medical device tax. the cost of now not just medicine, but dental care rise substantially. i go back to the point even as a...
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but as far as the sort of anchor growth of the latino community is texas and california and so what we want to do is just sort of enhanced the perspective of the country, and quite frankly for me it is an opportunity. we are in an election cycle and unfortunately, you know, the americas has received very little attention. the story here is that nobody really understands the growth and the evolution of our neighbors to the south. and our future as to the way the world is evolving is in clusters and we just have to take for granted our largest economic partners canada and mexico. we have to take for granted not very much cover the stories of the certification of space forms of government. we worry about all these other unstable governments. you know, but we don't invest as much in south of the border so for us it is a we've just getting the different perspectives of the opportunities. not the issues, the problems. we are not shying away from them the opportunities going forward, and hopefully getting our candidates and the public to engage in a discussion and to better understand the opp
but as far as the sort of anchor growth of the latino community is texas and california and so what we want to do is just sort of enhanced the perspective of the country, and quite frankly for me it is an opportunity. we are in an election cycle and unfortunately, you know, the americas has received very little attention. the story here is that nobody really understands the growth and the evolution of our neighbors to the south. and our future as to the way the world is evolving is in clusters...
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durbin: i thank my friend from texas. i ask unanimous consent that when this colloquy is finished with the five republican senators on the floor that i be recognized. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, listening to the distinguished republican leader, i'm reminded of that quotation from former secretary of defense robert gates whorbgs said that our -- who said our record of predicting when we will use military force since vietnam is perfect, we've never been right once. we live in a dangerous and unpredictable world. we also know that the global economy is in dire straits in some places worse than others. in europe, relative -- relevant to the national security question, we can no longer depend on our allies or nato allies necessarily to step up and do what they've done heretofore because they have their own economic and budgetary problems. talking to some of our counterparts in the united kingdom, the british army i
durbin: i thank my friend from texas. i ask unanimous consent that when this colloquy is finished with the five republican senators on the floor that i be recognized. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, listening to the distinguished republican leader, i'm reminded of that quotation from former secretary of defense robert gates whorbgs said that our -- who said our record of predicting when...
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totally disrupt the water supply in that area of texas. what he did instead -- the hacker did instead -- and nobody was -- he just had a computer and was smart. what he did instead was post proof that he had broken into the industrial control system in that small utility in texas just to show the vulnerability, in a sense he might have been bragging that he could do it, but it was also a warning to us. what if the next time that happens it's a larger utility or a group of smaller utilities around the country, maybe water, maybe electricity, maybe gas, and this time they're not just warning us or showing us our vulnerability but they're actually going to disrupt the flow of electricity or water to people who depend on it. that's -- that's the kind of crisis that we face and why it is so urgent that we deal with this. so let me come back to my dream. my goal here is that as we go on this week, we're able to submit a manager's amendment, but it's not just from the managers, senators collins, rockefeller, feinstein and i. we're joined by a muc
totally disrupt the water supply in that area of texas. what he did instead -- the hacker did instead -- and nobody was -- he just had a computer and was smart. what he did instead was post proof that he had broken into the industrial control system in that small utility in texas just to show the vulnerability, in a sense he might have been bragging that he could do it, but it was also a warning to us. what if the next time that happens it's a larger utility or a group of smaller utilities...
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faced frightening diagnosis, trying treatments, will no longer have to seek cures all the way down to texas or up to minnesota. they can and they will be able to stay closer to home and their support systems. simply put, it's great news for kansas cancer patients and those patients in the entire region. i am personally gratified by this designation because it represents more than a decade of work with so many outstanding partners. it has truly been a team effort to achieve this important federal designation. when i was first elected in this body back in 1996, i created a blue ribbon committee of kansas leaders and government, academia and the private sector, over a hundred, to advise me on the state, science, and technology needs. the goal was to make us more competitive in a global marketplace, increasingly reliant on research and technology, and to provide economic opportunity to stop the outmigration of our best and our brightest young people. the roberts advisory committee set out to secure federal investments to further the research goals of kansas state university in plant and animal
faced frightening diagnosis, trying treatments, will no longer have to seek cures all the way down to texas or up to minnesota. they can and they will be able to stay closer to home and their support systems. simply put, it's great news for kansas cancer patients and those patients in the entire region. i am personally gratified by this designation because it represents more than a decade of work with so many outstanding partners. it has truly been a team effort to achieve this important...
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gordon was originally from texas and lived in aurora with his family. he was -- quote -- "a quit-witted world traveler with a keen sense of humor." he will are remembered for his devotion to his children and for always trying to do the right thing, no matter the obstacle. gordon took his two teenaged children to the theater the night of the shooting, both of whom thankfully made it out unharmed. >> this is jessica ghawi, age 24. jessica was an aspiring journalist, most recently interning with mile high sports radio in denver and went by the nickname redfield. she was hard working and ambitious with a generous spirit and kind heart. when numerous homes were recently destroyed by colorado wildfires, ghawi decided to start collecting hockey equipment to donate to the kids affected because she wanted to help. >> thithis is john thomas layer. she was a cryptological technician also at buckley. a job which requires "exceptional good comarkt and skills." originally from chicago, he was the youngest of five children and joined the service just over a year ago,
gordon was originally from texas and lived in aurora with his family. he was -- quote -- "a quit-witted world traveler with a keen sense of humor." he will are remembered for his devotion to his children and for always trying to do the right thing, no matter the obstacle. gordon took his two teenaged children to the theater the night of the shooting, both of whom thankfully made it out unharmed. >> this is jessica ghawi, age 24. jessica was an aspiring journalist, most recently...
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the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, earlier today, our colleague from washington state indicated that president obama and the democratic leadership in congress are willing to accept the largest tax increase in american history and a series of crippling defense cuts unless republicans will agree to raise taxes. significantly falling on the very people that we're counting on to get our economy going again and to create jobs. i want to say just a few words in response. first of all, senators on both sides of the aisle understand that a massive tax increase could well push our economy back into a recession. senators on both sides of the aisle understand that it would suffocate our investments that are so important to business creation and job growth. senators on both sides of the aisle understand that middle-class families are already struggling with high unemployment and wage stagnation and senators on both sides of the aisle understand that we're living through the weakest economic recovery since the great depr
the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, earlier today, our colleague from washington state indicated that president obama and the democratic leadership in congress are willing to accept the largest tax increase in american history and a series of crippling defense cuts unless republicans will agree to raise taxes. significantly falling on the very people that we're counting on to get our economy going again and to create jobs. i want to say just a few words in...
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she graduated herself from university of texas law firm, then went to work as a tv reporter because no houston law firm was willing to hire a women lawyer. she started a small business became the first republican woman in the. she was elected as state -- taken open the seat. she has been reelected three times, and is now the senior republican woman in the senate. she is retiring, as you know from the senate when the term is up at the end of. i expect the houston law firms would be glad to have you on staff now. the first office official office in washington was at the national transportation safety board. president ford appointed you at vice chairman there in 1976. i wonder if you could describe what things were like for a woman appointed to top job like that now and compare it how things have changed or not so much in washington for women in positions of power. . i think there was a beginning of an effort to bring women. we were talking in the back stage and ann armstrong who had been my mentor. she was the first co-chairman of the republican national committee. and my first foray int
she graduated herself from university of texas law firm, then went to work as a tv reporter because no houston law firm was willing to hire a women lawyer. she started a small business became the first republican woman in the. she was elected as state -- taken open the seat. she has been reelected three times, and is now the senior republican woman in the senate. she is retiring, as you know from the senate when the term is up at the end of. i expect the houston law firms would be glad to have...
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. >> gentlewoman's time is expired to the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and we appreciate the witnesses being here. we certainly do. but this department of justice policy, to get approval from the ag himself, professor, you have said the ag policy protects not only the reporter but also the government, and i keep coming back here, so who is protecting the people? i mean, the people are the ones that are supposed to be protected. how about who's protecting the soldiers? okay, we have the doj policy that protects the ag. we have one, it also protects the report. who's protecting the navy seals? who's protecting the one that gave us the information that got bin laden? i mean, who is protecting those who are helping us? and i'm not getting the impression that we have anybody doing that right now. i know that at this very table we had the attorney general of the united states testified before the full committee, in his words, though our political dimensions to justice. that goes against everything, every law professor i've ever heard told me and taug
. >> gentlewoman's time is expired to the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and we appreciate the witnesses being here. we certainly do. but this department of justice policy, to get approval from the ag himself, professor, you have said the ag policy protects not only the reporter but also the government, and i keep coming back here, so who is protecting the people? i mean, the people are the ones that are supposed to be protected. how about who's...
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hacker showed that he could reach -- he could access the control systems of a water control facility in texas with ease. he accomplished this task in minutes at a computer thousands of miles away. our critical infrastructure is being targeted and it is vulnerable. our major general of our national guard, james hoyer, recently shared a frightening story with me. he was talking about his work on cyber security and he said, in west virginia, he learned that a critical infrastructure facility in the state, critical infrastructure society -- that means a really important one -- its engineers were being allowed to operate control systems from their home computers. how naive? but who would have -- who would know, who would have guessed? the internet and what it has done for our country is unparalleled, but everything we have accomplished in this internet age is now vulnerable and in starker terms undoable. we have built a castle in the sand and the tide is approaching. our systems are too fragile, too critical and too vulnerable. it's a recipe for disaster and it's time to do something about it befo
hacker showed that he could reach -- he could access the control systems of a water control facility in texas with ease. he accomplished this task in minutes at a computer thousands of miles away. our critical infrastructure is being targeted and it is vulnerable. our major general of our national guard, james hoyer, recently shared a frightening story with me. he was talking about his work on cyber security and he said, in west virginia, he learned that a critical infrastructure facility in...
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he was valedictorian and student council president at his high school in san antonio, texas. he's now a student at harvard university where he's majoring in molecular and cellular biology. his dream is to be a cancer researcher. the next is man well barch. manuel came to this country from germany. he graduated with a minor in history and wants to pursue a career in government and politics. the next is kelsey burke. kelsey came here from honduras when she was ten years old. she graduated from florida atlantic university with a major in public communications. she'll begin law school this fall. she dreams of becoming an attorney. the next is huliana garabay. came to america when she was 11 years old. she graduated from the university of texas with a bachelors degree in nursing, has been a registered nurse since 2004. she tkraoefpls serving in our military -- dreams of serving in the military as a military next. the next is maria gomez, came to the united states when she was eight. graduated from ucla with a bachelors degree in sociology and master's degree in architect sure. she
he was valedictorian and student council president at his high school in san antonio, texas. he's now a student at harvard university where he's majoring in molecular and cellular biology. his dream is to be a cancer researcher. the next is man well barch. manuel came to this country from germany. he graduated with a minor in history and wants to pursue a career in government and politics. the next is kelsey burke. kelsey came here from honduras when she was ten years old. she graduated from...
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but as far as sort of the anchor growth of the latino community, it's texas and california. so what we want to do is just sort of in hands the perspective of this country and quite frankly for me, it's an opportunity. we are in an election cycle and unfortunately, you know the americas, we see very little attention -- the story here is that you know, nobody really understands the growth and the evolution of our neighbors to the south. our future and the way the world is evolving, it is a -- and we just happen to take for granted our largest economic partners, canada and mexico. we happen to take for granted and not very much cover the stories of the solidification of democratic forms of government. we worry about all this other unstable government. but we don't invest as much south of the border so for us it's a way of giving a different perspective of the opportunity, and we are not shying away from them but the opportunities going forward and hopefully, getting our candidates and the public to engage in a discussion and to better understand the opportunities and possibilit
but as far as sort of the anchor growth of the latino community, it's texas and california. so what we want to do is just sort of in hands the perspective of this country and quite frankly for me, it's an opportunity. we are in an election cycle and unfortunately, you know the americas, we see very little attention -- the story here is that you know, nobody really understands the growth and the evolution of our neighbors to the south. our future and the way the world is evolving, it is a -- and...
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in 2006 we reported on some brothers from texas who over the course of 13 years stashed more than $700 million in offshore tax havens in a massive tax evasion scheme. when a company incorporates in the cayman islands or another tax haven with a mail drop as their own physical presence in that country, they most likely have but one purpose, and that's avoiding taxes. in 2006 we explored the history of the ugland house, a small building in the caymans that remarkably listed its headquarters for nearly 20,000 different corporations. in 2005 we showed how a seattle security firm called quelos devised a scheme of fake stock trades between two offshore companies creating phantom stock losses used to avoid taxes on billions of dollars in income. and in 2001 and 2002, we explored how enron used offshore tax havens, dozens of them, as part of its deceptive scheme. just yesterday -- just yesterday, madam president, in our subcommittee, in a hearing on the global bank called hsbc, on money laundering, we saw how the secrecy of tax havens such as the caymans, so often used to conceal income can al
in 2006 we reported on some brothers from texas who over the course of 13 years stashed more than $700 million in offshore tax havens in a massive tax evasion scheme. when a company incorporates in the cayman islands or another tax haven with a mail drop as their own physical presence in that country, they most likely have but one purpose, and that's avoiding taxes. in 2006 we explored the history of the ugland house, a small building in the caymans that remarkably listed its headquarters for...
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i am from texas. i have to finish that. >> for more information on this and other summer reading list, visit tv.org. >> you terry eastland was a guest on booknotes in 1992, talking at
i am from texas. i have to finish that. >> for more information on this and other summer reading list, visit tv.org. >> you terry eastland was a guest on booknotes in 1992, talking at
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of it makes its way to know what ramallah, hundred us is then shipped through mexico and across the texas and arizona border particularly in the arizona border because of the nature of the terrain. as for is the glamorization, the problem in my estimation is if you ask anyone in south america and central america they will tell you the same thing the problem is in the united states made its the demand problem. it's astronomically think this country if my numbers are correct it costs america almost $200 billion a year. that is primarily lost productivity but obviously the law enforcement we have program and what not to wonder billion dollars. i think we've put something in the neighborhood about 26 billion in terms of domestic and international law enforcement to try to keep it from coming here is huge amounts. a thousand tons or so that started its journey appeared only five or six times gets through. that 546-ton is spread across america every community and every city and it costs us dearly. the human capital loan is outrageous so i think the demand is where the problem starts and that is
of it makes its way to know what ramallah, hundred us is then shipped through mexico and across the texas and arizona border particularly in the arizona border because of the nature of the terrain. as for is the glamorization, the problem in my estimation is if you ask anyone in south america and central america they will tell you the same thing the problem is in the united states made its the demand problem. it's astronomically think this country if my numbers are correct it costs america...
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la nina-related heat waves like that experienced in texas in 2011 are now 20 times more likely to occur during la nina today than during la nina years 50 years ago. so we've loaded the dice for these events to happen during the la nina years by a factor of 20. that's a pretty heavy karaism ie increase. researchers note add very warm november that the united kingdom experienced in 2011. they found that warm novembers are now 62 times more likely for the region. again, not only are the dice loaded for unusual weather events, think you're loaded with -- they're loaded with big numbers. the next month, december 2011, was very cold. researchers found that cold decembers were 50% less likely to occur now versus 50 years ago. coming on to 2012, i want to mention another event that happened in week. on monday, researchers at the university of delaware and the canadian ice surface reported that a 46 square-mile chunk of ice broke off from a glacier on the northwest coast of greenland. this peeves ice is two times the size of manhattan. in august 2010, a piece four times the size of manhattan sep
la nina-related heat waves like that experienced in texas in 2011 are now 20 times more likely to occur during la nina today than during la nina years 50 years ago. so we've loaded the dice for these events to happen during the la nina years by a factor of 20. that's a pretty heavy karaism ie increase. researchers note add very warm november that the united kingdom experienced in 2011. they found that warm novembers are now 62 times more likely for the region. again, not only are the dice...
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working on the 19th century, working on migration of black southerners from mississippi and louisiana and texas and tennessee into kansas in 1879 right after the end of emancipation, and over and over and over again the documents that the people created said we are not safe. we are subject to violence. there are white writers and our neighborhoods who burn and pillage and rape and kill. so the whole question of bodily integrity, the freedom from violence, this has been a concern from the time of indentured servitude slavery, and remember that slavery into servitude rests on a foundation of personal violence. the person who owns you and controls you can rule you because that person can hurt you so, freedom from personal violence has been a concern throughout african-american history. so that is the first thing i want to put on the table to talk about personal violence, about social violence, about racial violence, and how crucial -- what an enormous difference it would make in our personal lives and in our national lives if people who identified as black didn't feel subject to personal violence.
working on the 19th century, working on migration of black southerners from mississippi and louisiana and texas and tennessee into kansas in 1879 right after the end of emancipation, and over and over and over again the documents that the people created said we are not safe. we are subject to violence. there are white writers and our neighborhoods who burn and pillage and rape and kill. so the whole question of bodily integrity, the freedom from violence, this has been a concern from the time...
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so would be sgni >> the point is also that the nrc when we spoke to them, i went to texas and the type to the head of region for a told us basically, es,wfundta oat utire in witm o is safety. so since then there's been political pushback and we are seeing studies move forward. but i feel culturally it's troubling that i find it trouing hat'oia aisy ntt t d t f risk. >> board we have the studies had apl tineen infukushima? er commission and this agency has pointed out issues. they don't get a lot of a lot of traction without legislature unfortunately. i haven't been a aaty. e a mietr gior sam blakely and senator phd seismogists, et cetera, et cetera drive this issue that crazy in the california legislature an against heher energy beud ierulh liialde been pushing it. i am not anti-nuclear. i am for what is good for my native state. i'm a fourth-genetion californian and a 50 yearrce re. da wting for the technology all my adult life that we as humans and do i feel ag wcoue repul and agencies are regulators will get a manner and do what they have to do. >> we're discussing nuclear power wit
so would be sgni >> the point is also that the nrc when we spoke to them, i went to texas and the type to the head of region for a told us basically, es,wfundta oat utire in witm o is safety. so since then there's been political pushback and we are seeing studies move forward. but i feel culturally it's troubling that i find it trouing hat'oia aisy ntt t d t f risk. >> board we have the studies had apl tineen infukushima? er commission and this agency has pointed out issues. they...